Mercker, Erich (1891 Zabern - Munich 1973) attributed to Windjammer unter vollen Segeln. Oil on canvas. Circa 1930. ca. 69 x 94 cm. Lower right indistinctly signed. In magnificent gold frame. - Li. center of upper sail m. pressure mark. Li. upper half. Upper half of the painting with three small paint chips. ╔With: monogramist GB.╗ Double portrait of two clowns as full-length figures. Oil on canvas. 20th century. 70 x 50 cm. Monogrammed lower right - ╔Anonymous.╗ Reclining female nude in frontal view. Oil on canvas. 20th century. 60.5 x 85 cm. - Partially w. Traces of water damage. Sporadic traces of storage - ╔Anonymous.╗ Color field painting in naive childlike manner. Oil on canvas. 20th century. 50 x 65 cm. - A.d. with chipped paint. D

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